Ilene Beth Misheloff
(School photo- ice skating picture- age progression image)
- Missing Since 01/30/1989
- Missing From Dublin, California
- Classification Non-Family Abduction
- Date of Birth 03/12/1975 (43)
- Age 13 years old
- Height and Weight 5'3, 115 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A charcoal-gray pullover Espirit polo sweater, a pink and charcoal-gray skirt with horizontal stripes, black low-top Keds sneakers, and two earrings in each ear. Carrying a dark blue backpack and a black molded hard plastic flute case.
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Ilene wore braces on her teeth at time of her disappearance. Her ears are double-pierced. Ilene has freckles on her cheeks and on the bridge of her nose, and a small lump on the inside of her left ankle
Ilene was walking home in Dublin, California on January 30, 1989 at 3:00 p.m., after her classes concluded at Wells Intermediate School. Several classmates reported seeing Ilene walking alone on Amador Valley Boulevard near Village Parkway and the Shamrock Village Shopping Center in the afternoon; she vanished shortly afterwards. She was taking a shortcut home, going through a wide alley behind Shamrock Village shopping center near Gallagher's Pub and the back of the Sawmill furniture store, then across San Ramon Road to a dry creek bed that leads to Mape Memorial Park.
Ilene has never been seen again. Ilene's keyfob was found near the entrance to the park. She was carrying a dark blue backpack at the time of her disappearance. The backpack was later found abandoned in the creek bed in Mape Memorial Park. It was located after the area had already been searched; authorities believe someone may have placed it there after Ilene's disappearance.
Monday- January 30th 1989
- 3pm- Ilene leaves Wells Middle School early, having been excused from physical education class that day.
- She is seen walking on Amador Valley Blvd , near Village Parkway
- Ilene takes a short cut, in the alleyway behind the Shamrock Village shopping center.
- 4pm- Ilene’s skating coach arrives at her home to pick her up for her lesson, is told by her brother that Ilene was not at home.
- 6pm- Ilene’s Mother, Maddi Misheloff, arrives at Iceland to pick her daughter up but is told she has not been there.
Search effort
- Police conduct search using helicopters with infrared to try and locate her.
- FBI brought in to assist. (Press Democrat 2/3/89)
- Mape Park, creek bed and West Dublin hills searched.
- Canine tracking used to trace Ilene’s path home. Dog tracks up to alleyway behind Shamrock Village shopping center near Gallagher’s Pub, but not beyond.(Stalemate)
- Ilene's backpack is located in creek after area had already been searched.
Ilene's parents, Mike and Maddi Misheloff, hold a
candlelight vigil walk every year following the route Ilene would have taken home. This year's walk and ecumenical prayer service in honor of Ilene will mark the 30th anniversary of her disappearance.
If you have any information about Ilene's case, please contact Dublin Police Sergeant Daniel McNaughton
925-833-6670- CASE #89D0252
NCIC # M-342562026
Have you seen this child? ILENE MISHELOFF
Ilene’s case is one of several child abductions during that time period in the Bay Area.
6/6/1979- Tara Cossey- San Pablo, CA
2/10/1984- Kevin Collins – San Francisco, CA
8/23/1984- Clark Handa- Fairfield, CA
6/3/1988- Amber Swartz- Garcia- Pinole, CA
11/19/1988- Michaela Garecht- Hayward, CA
1/30/1989- Ilene Misheloff- Dublin,CA
12/27/1991- Amanda “Nicki” Campbell- Fairfield, CA
Sources:
California Department of Justice
The Charley Project
Doe Network
FBI
Find-Ilene.org
San Francisco Examiner
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Stalemate
